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these data to a multitasking model of physician labour supply, measuring two distinct responses. The first is the labour …
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We develop and estimate a generalized labour supply model that incorporates work effort into the standard consumption-leisure trade-off. We allow workers a choice between two contracts: a piece rate contract, wherein he is paid per unit of service provided, and a mixed contract, wherein he...
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If individuals reveal their preference as consumers, then they are taken seriously. What happens if individuals, as employees, reveal their preferences in working hours? And what happens if there is a misalignment between actual hours worked and preferred hours, the so-called work hours...
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Many countries face a continuing shortage in nurses' labour supply. Previous research suggests that nurses respond only weakly to changes in wages. We estimate a multi-sector model of nursing qualification holders' labour supply in different occupations. A structural approach allows us to model...
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We analyse how physicians respond to contractual changes and incentives within a multitasking environment. In 1999 the …
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This paper analyses whether there is a causal relationship between work-related mental health problems and multitasking …. The empirical strategies uses technological change as an instrument for multitasking. In the first stage, the introduction … of new production and information technologies is associated with increases in multitasking. Production technology …
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This paper analyzes the relationship between work-related mental health problems and multitasking (the number of … appear small at first sight but multitasking increased by nearly one task from 2006 to 2012. The loss in gross value added …
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This chapter reviews economic studies on multitasking in household production. Whereas multitasking or task juggling in … the workplace has been analyzed more widely, economic literature on multitasking in a household is relatively scarce. The … chapter first provides relevant measures of such multitasking activities, discusses time diary data, and presents some …
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This chapter reviews economic studies on multitasking in household production. Whereas multitasking or task juggling in … the workplace has been analyzed more widely, economic literature on multitasking in a household is relatively scarce. The … chapter first provides relevant measures of such multitasking activities, discusses time diary data, and presents some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013470444
multitasking than whites, with Pakistani and Bangladeshi males spending the least time. The gap is present for both ethnic minority … males and females, although females in general engage more in multitasking. The effect is also heterogeneous across …
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